Reverse (film)
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| Rewers | |
| Directed by | Borys Lankosz |
| Produced by | Jerzy Kapuściński |
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Rien ne va plus by Andrzej Bart |
| Starring |
Agata Buzek Krystyna Janda Anna Polony |
| Music by | Włodzimierz Pawlik |
| Cinematography | Marcin Koszałka |
| Distributed by | Studio Filmowe Kadr |
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90 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
Reverse (original title: Rewers) is a 2009 Polish comedy-drama film, directed by Borys Lankosz.
This film is set in Warsaw in the 1950s, with a few flash-forwards to present-day Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty, and lives with her mother and ailing grandmother. Sabina lacks a man in her life, and her mother tries hard to find a husband for her. The grandmother, an eccentric lady with a sharp tongue from whom no secret can be concealed, also gets involved. Successive admirers arrive at their small, but tasteful apartment in an antebellum house, but Sabina shows no interest in any of them.
One night, appearing out of nowhere, comes the charming, intelligent, and good-looking Bronislaw. Bronislaw is apparently interested in Sabina, and courts her, and Sabina falls hopelessly in love with him. But when Bronislaw reveals that he is a member of the secret police, and wants Sabina to spy on her boss at the state-run publishing house, things go from bad to worse to macabre. Sabina, her mother and her grandmother are fortunately up to the challenge, revealing a darker side to their otherwise affable personalities.
Soon after its premiere, it became evident that this modest black-and-white film about Stalinist Poland (now a subject of research of film theorists as well as sociologists), was to become a box office hit, which in the Polish domestic market effectively competes with the biggest Hollywood hits such as Twilight Saga or 2012.
Pre-premiere screenings of Reverse at the oldest Warsaw cinema Wisła became the site of meetings of the Polish intelligentsia and “high society", renewing a forgotten Polish tradition of spontaneous post-screening meetings and film discussions.Reverse became a cultural event incomparable to anything which was previously known to the Polish public.
In conjunction with an Oscar promotional campaign, Reverse was shown in New York City at MOMA and the Directors Guild of America Theatre.
Reverse was also very well received by American film critics as evidenced by reviews which appeared in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.
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